Professor Richard Rowe
BSc, MSc, PhD
School of Psychology
Professor of Psychology
r.rowe@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 6606
+44 114 222 6606
Interdisciplinary Centre of the Social Sciences (ICOSS)
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Professor Richard Rowe
School of Psychology
Interdisciplinary Centre of the Social Sciences (ICOSS)
219 Portobello
Sheffield
S1 4DP
School of Psychology
Interdisciplinary Centre of the Social Sciences (ICOSS)
219 Portobello
Sheffield
S1 4DP
- Qualifications
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BSc (Manchester), MSc, PhD (Reading)
- Research interests
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My research addresses the factors underlying risky and antisocial behaviours in young people and the development of interventions to reduce these problematic behaviours. Major focusses have been on conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder in children and adolescents, and risky driving in young motorists.
Other work has addressed suicide, self-harm and alcohol use. I have been involved in evaluating existing evaluations (e.g., for South Yorkshire Safer Roads Partnership) and designing novel interventions which have taken a variety of forms. In all cases interventions are informed by an understanding of the causal factors that underlie the target behaviour and by theories of behaviour change.
- Publications
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Featured publications
Journal articles
- Links of adversity in childhood with mental and physical health outcomes: A systematic review of longitudinal mediating and moderating mechanisms. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse, 24(3), 1465-1482.
- Measurement invariance of the strengths and difficulties questionnaire across socioeconomic status and ethnicity from ages 3 to 17 years: a population cohort study. PLoS ONE, 17(12).
- Driving self-regulation and risky driving outcomes. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 91, 461-471.
- Why are newly qualified motorists at high crash risk? Modelling driving behaviours across the first six months of driving. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 177.
- Working memory guidance of visual attention to threat in offenders. PLoS ONE, 17(1).
- Modelling Ghanaian road crash risk using the Manchester driver behaviour questionnaire. Safety Science, 139.
- Understanding intentions to override intelligent speed assistance prior to widespread availability: An application of the theory of planned behaviour. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 151.
- How can adolescent aggression be reduced? A multi-level meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 78.
- Mid-life outcomes of young people’s antisocial behaviour: the role of developmental heterogeneity across childhood and adolescence. Psychological Medicine. View this article in WRRO
- Understanding the relationship between family income and conduct problems: findings from the mental health of children and young people survey. Psychological Medicine.
All publications
Books
- Statistics for the Health Sciences: A Non-Mathematical Introduction. SAGE Publications.
Journal articles
- Increasing drivers’ intentions to use Intelligent speed Assistance: A randomised controlled trial of a theory of planned behaviour-based intervention. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 111, 238-249.
- Bidirectional relationships between childhood adversities and psychosocial outcomes: A cross-lagged panel study from childhood to adolescence.. Dev Psychopathol, 1-11.
- The effect of cognitive load on Detection-Response Task (DRT) performance during day- and night-time driving: A driving simulator study with young and older drivers. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 97, 155-169.
- Impulsivity and self-regulation: a dual-process model of risky driving in young drivers in Iran. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 187.
- Comparison of person-centered and cumulative risk approaches in explaining the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and behavioral and emotional problems. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 38(13-14), 8065-8087.
- Links of adversity in childhood with mental and physical health outcomes: A systematic review of longitudinal mediating and moderating mechanisms. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse, 24(3), 1465-1482.
- Measurement invariance of the strengths and difficulties questionnaire across socioeconomic status and ethnicity from ages 3 to 17 years: a population cohort study. PLoS ONE, 17(12).
- Driving self-regulation and risky driving outcomes. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 91, 461-471.
- Why are newly qualified motorists at high crash risk? Modelling driving behaviours across the first six months of driving. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 177.
- Working memory guidance of visual attention to threat in offenders. PLoS ONE, 17(1).
- Modelling Ghanaian road crash risk using the Manchester driver behaviour questionnaire. Safety Science, 139.
- Association between symptoms of sleep apnea and problem behaviors in young adult twins and siblings. Psychological Medicine, 51(7), 1175-1182.
- The efficacy of interactive group psychoeducation for children with leukaemia : a randomised controlled trial. Patient Education and Counseling, 104(12), 3008-3015.
- Understanding intentions to override intelligent speed assistance prior to widespread availability: An application of the theory of planned behaviour. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 151.
- How can adolescent aggression be reduced? A multi-level meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 78.
- Psychoeducation for children with chronic conditions : a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 45(4), 386-398.
- Self-affirmation effects on doping related cognition among exercisers who use nutritional supplements. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 46.
- Impulsive and self-regulatory processes in risky driving among young people: a dual process model. Frontiers in Psychology, 10.
- Behavioral influences on driver crash risks in Ghana: A qualitative study of commercial passenger drivers. Traffic Injury Prevention, 20(2), 134-139.
- Mechanisms underlying social gradients in child and adolescent antisocial behaviour. SSM - Population Health, 7.
- An exploratory study of gamblers’ perceptions of music’s effects on gambling behaviour. Journal of Gambling Issues, 2018(40), 116-135.
- Why do drivers become safer over the first three months of driving? A longitudinal qualitative study. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 117, 225-231.
- Longitudinal Profiles of Girls’ Irritable, Defiant and Antagonistic Oppositional Symptoms: Evidence for Group Based Differences in Symptom Severity. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 45(6), 1133-1145.
- Evidence That Self-Affirmation Reduces Relational Aggression: A Proof of Concept Trial. Psychology of Violence, 7(4), 489-497.
- An exploratory randomised trial of a simple, brief psychological intervention to reduce subsequent suicidal ideation and behaviour in patients admitted to hospital for self-harm.. British Journal of Psychiatry.
- The role of cortical sensorimotor oscillations in action anticipation.. Neuroimage.
- Authors' reply. British Journal of Psychiatry, 209(4), 351-351.
- Longitudinal Stability of Genetic and Environmental Influences on the Association between Diurnal Preference and Sleep Quality in Young Adult Twins and Siblings. Journal of Biological Rhythms, 31(4), 375-386.
- The Utilisation of Music by Casino Managers: An Interview Study. Journal of Gambling Studies, 32(4), 1127-1141.
- Investigating the influence of music tempo on arousal and behaviour in laboratory virtual roulette. Psychology of Music.
- Identifying beliefs underlying pre-drivers' intentions to take risks: An application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 89, 49-56.
- Trends in Self-Harm in Kuala Lumpur, 2005-2011.. Archives of Suicide Research, 20(1), 22-28.
- Quality of life, support and smoking in advanced lung cancer patients: a qualitative study. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 6(1), 35-42.
- Income gradients within child and adolescent antisocial behaviours. British Journal of Psychiatry, 207(5), 385-391.
- The relationship between smoking and quality of life in advanced lung cancer patients: a prospective longitudinal study.. Supportive Care in Cancer.
- Novice drivers’ individual trajectories of driver behavior over the first three years of driving. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 82, 61-69.
- Validity of the strengths and difficulties questionnaire in preschool-aged children.. Pediatrics, 135(5), e1210-e1219.
- A twin and molecular genetics study of sleep paralysis and associated factors.. Journal Of Sleep Research.
- Completed suicides and self-harm in Malaysia: A systematic review. General Hospital Psychiatry, 37(2), 153-165.
- Socioeconomic status and antisocial behaviour among children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 35, 47-55.
- Measuring errors and violations on the road: A bifactor modeling approach to the Driver Behavior Questionnaire. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 74, 118-125.
- Identifying the Irritability Dimension of ODD: Application of a Modified Bifactor Model Across Five Large Community Samples of Children. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 123(4), 841-851.
- How do men in the United Kingdom decide to dispose of banked sperm following cancer treatment?. Human Fertility, 17(4), 285-288.
- Why don't some men with banked sperm respond to letters about their stored samples?. Hum Fertil (Camb), 17(4), 278-284.
- Commentary: Integrating callous and unemotional traits into the definition of antisocial behaviour - A commentary on Frick et al. (2014). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 55(6), 549-552.
- Functional outcomes of child and adolescent oppositional defiant disorder symptoms in young adult men. The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 55(3), 264-272.
- A brief psychological intervention that reduces adolescent alcohol consumption.. J Consult Clin Psychol, 82(3), 546-550.
- Infant temperament and childhood psychiatric disorder: Longitudinal study. Child: Care, Health and Development, 40(2), 292-297.
- Implications of sperm banking for health-related quality of life up to 1 year after cancer diagnosis.. Br J Cancer, 108(5), 1004-1011.
- The development of risky attitudes from pre-driving to fully-qualified driving.. Inj Prev, 19(4), 244-249.
- Measuring risky-driving propensity in pre-drivers: The Violation Willingness Scale. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 19, 1-10.
- The Genesis 12-19 (G1219) Study: a twin and sibling study of gene-environment interplay and adolescent development in the UK.. Twin Res Hum Genet, 16(1), 134-143.
- Mood dysregulation across developmental psychopathology - General concepts and disorder specific expressions. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 53(11), 1095-1097.
- Monitoring fertility (semen analysis) by cancer survivors who banked sperm prior to cancer treatment.. Hum Reprod, 27(11), 3132-3139.
- Social gradients in child and adolescent antisocial behavior: a systematic review protocol.. Syst Rev, 1, 38.
- The effect of smoking on health related quality of life in lung cancer patients: a systematic review. BMJ Supportive and Pallative Care(2), 312-318.
- The Covariation of Antisocial Behavior and Substance Use in Adolescence: A Behavioral Genetic Perspective. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 22(1), 100-112.
- Testing multiple means of self-affirmation.. Br J Psychol, 102(3), 535-545.
- Adult Consequences of Late Adolescent Alcohol Consumption: A Systematic Review of Cohort Studies. PLOS MED, 8(2).
- Developmental pathways in oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder.. J Abnorm Psychol, 119(4), 726-738.
- Associations between diurnal preference, sleep quality and externalizing behaviours: a behavioural genetic analysis. Psychological Medicine, 1-12.
- The role of callous and unemotional traits in the diagnosis of conduct disorder.. J Child Psychol Psychiatry, 51(6), 688-695.
- Predictive Value of Callous-Unemotional Traits in a Large Community Sample. J AM ACAD CHILD PSY, 48(11), 1079-1084.
- The Effect of Disguise on Novice and Expert Tennis Players' Anticipation Ability. J APPL SPORT PSYCHOL, 21(2), 178-185.
- The role of risk-taking and errors in children's liability to unintentional injury.. Accid Anal Prev, 41(4), 670-675.
- Posttraumatic growth in long-term survivors of liver transplantation. PSYCHOLOGY & HEALTH, 24, 410-411.
- Heterogeneity in antisocial behaviours and comorbidity with depressed mood: a behavioural genetic approach.. J Child Psychol Psychiatry, 49(5), 526-534.
- The relationship between separation anxiety and impairment. J ANXIETY DISORD, 22(4), 635-641.
- Psychopathology, temperament and unintentional injury: cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships.. J Child Psychol Psychiatry, 48(1), 71-79.
- Links Between Antisocial Behavior and Depressed Mood: The Role of Life Events and Attributional Style. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 34(3), 283-292.
- Links between antisocial behavior and depressed mood: the role of life events and attributional style.. J Abnorm Child Psychol, 34(3), 293-302.
- Areca nut use amongst South Asian schoolchildren in Tower Hamlets, London: The extent to which the habit is engaged in within the family and used to suppress hunger. COMMUNITY DENT HLTH, 23(1), 58-60.
- Preadolescent conduct problems in girls and boys.. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 45(2), 184-191.
- Defining oppositional defiant disorder.. J Child Psychol Psychiatry, 46(12), 1309-1316.
- Testosterone, antisocial behavior, and social dominance in boys: pubertal development and biosocial interaction.. Biol Psychiatry, 55(5), 546-552.
- Childhood psychiatric disorder and unintentional injury: findings from a national cohort study.. J Pediatr Psychol, 29(2), 119-130.
- Conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder in a national sample: developmental epidemiology.. J Child Psychol Psychiatry, 45(3), 609-621.
- Reading problems and depressed mood.. J Abnorm Child Psychol, 31(2), 219-229.
- The relationship between DSM-IV oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder: findings from the Great Smoky Mountains Study.. J Child Psychol Psychiatry, 43(3), 365-373.
- Bulimic symptoms in the Virginia twin study of adolescent behavioral development: Correlates, comorbidity, and genetics. BIOL PSYCHIAT, 51(2), 172-182.
- Child psychiatric symptoms and psychosocial impairment: relationship and prognostic significance. BRIT J PSYCHIAT, 179, 230-235.
- Prevalence, age of onset and demographic relationships of different areca nut habits amongst children in Tower Hamlets, London. British Dental Journal, 190(3), 150-154.
- Skilled anticipation in real-world tasks: measurement of attentional demands in the domain of tennis.. Journal of experimental psychology. Applied, 7(1), 60-67.
- Skilled anticipation in real-world tasks: Measurement of attentional demands in the domain of tennis.. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 7(1), 60-67.
- Developmental trajectories of aggressive and non-aggressive conduct problems. J QUANT CRIMINOL, 16(2), 199-221.
- Mid-life outcomes of young people’s antisocial behaviour: the role of developmental heterogeneity across childhood and adolescence. Psychological Medicine. View this article in WRRO
- Applicability of the Contextual Mediated Model to predicting road crashes in Ghana and the United Kingdom. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour.
- Stakeholder perspectives on the adoption and application of Intelligent Speed Assistance in UK vehicles. Journal of Transport and Health.
- Predicting drivers’ intentions to voluntarily use intelligent speed assistance systems: An application of the theory of planned behaviour.. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour.
- Factors associated with parent-teacher hyperactivity/inattention screening discrepancy: Findings from a UK national sample. PLoS ONE.
- The adoption and application of Intelligent Speed Assistance by private motorists: user and non-user perspectives. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour.
- The irony of drinking to health and happiness. The Lancet Psychiatry.
- The potential of sleep research to contribute to our understanding on antisocial behaviour – a reflection on Brown, Beardslee, Frick, Steinberg & Cauffman (2022). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
- Self-affirmation and image/performance enhancing drug use in recreational exercise. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport.
- Understanding the relationship between family income and conduct problems: findings from the mental health of children and young people survey. Psychological Medicine.
- The effect of distraction, response mode and age on peripheral target detection to inform studies of lighting for driving. Lighting Research & Technology.
- External validation of a bifactor model of oppositional defiant disorder. Molecular Psychiatry.
- A Methylome-Wide Association Study of Trajectories of Oppositional Defiant Behaviors and Biological Overlap With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
. Child Development.
- Comparing the characteristics and outcomes of Parent- and Teacher-Reported Oppositional Defiant Disorder: Findings from a national sample. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
- Externalizing Behaviors and Callous-Unemotional Traits: Different Associations With Sleep Quality
. Sleep.
- Coordination difficulty and internalising symptoms in adults: A twin/sibling study. Psychiatry Research.
- The influence of background music tempo and genre on virtual roulette. Journal of Gambling Issues(29), 1-1.
Chapters
- Inquiry based assessment of statistical methods in psychology In Bidgood P, Hunt N & Jolliffe F (Ed.), Assessment Methods in Statistical Education (pp. 189-200). Wiley Blackwell
- Family Poverty and Structure, The Wiley Handbook of Disruptive and Impulse-Control Disorders (pp. 255-274). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Conference proceedings papers
- Within-person Cross-lagged relationships between children and parent's mental health: Does poverty play a moderating role?. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY OPEN, Vol. 82 (pp 427-427)
- OPTIMISING ROAD LIGHTING TO REDUCE ROAD TRAFFIC CRASHES. Proceedings of the Conference CIE 2021, 27 October 2021 - 29 October 2021.
- Symptoms of sleep apnea and symptoms of internalizing/externalizing behaviors. Behavior Genetics, Vol. 49(6) (pp 507-507). Stockholm, Sweden, 26 July 2019 - 26 July 2019.
- Implications of smoking for quality of life and medical decision making in lung cancer patients. LUNG CANCER, Vol. 75 (pp S44-S45)
- Exploring quality of life of lung cancer patients and their partners by smoking history. PSYCHOLOGY & HEALTH, Vol. 27 (pp 110-110)
- Implications of smoking for quality of life and illness perceptions of lung cancer patients. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, Vol. 30(15)
- Associations between sleep quality and anxiety and depression symptoms in a sample of young adult twins and siblings. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, Vol. 71(4) (pp 250-255)
- ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN SLEEP QUALITY AND ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SYMPTOMS IN A SAMPLE OF YOUNG ADULT TWINS AND SIBLINGS. SLEEP, Vol. 32 (pp A360-A360)
Preprints
- Is drivers’ interaction with pedestrians affected by cognitive load and LED bands? A driving simulator study investigating performance across two age groups during different lighting conditions, Center for Open Science.
- Stakeholder perspectives on the adoption and application of Intelligent Speed Assistance in UK vehicles, Center for Open Science.
- The effect of cognitive load on Detection-Response Task (DRT) performance during day- and night-time driving: A driving simulator study with young and older drivers, Center for Open Science.
- The effect of cognitive load on Detection-Response Task (DRT) performance during day- and night-time driving: A driving simulator study with young and older drivers, Center for Open Science.
- Measurement Invariance of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire by Socioeconomic Status and Ethnicity from Ages 3 to 17 years: A Population Cohort Study, Center for Open Science.
- Does action planning reduce anger and aggression in at-risk adolescents? A randomised controlled trial, Center for Open Science.
- Predicting Drivers’ Intentions To Voluntarily Use Intelligent Speed Assistance Systems: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour.
- Driving Self-Regulation and Risky Driving Outcomes.
- Links of adversity in childhood with mental and physical health outcomes: A systematic review of longitudinal mediating and moderating mechanisms. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse, 24(3), 1465-1482.
- Research group
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Current postgraduate students
- Nadia Chan, cross-informant agreement in hyperactivity, self-sponsored.
- Ian Edwards, impulsivity in young driver road safety, Road Safety GB/Road Safety Trust studentship.
- Megan Frith, modelling a general psychopathology factor using multiple informant data, ESRC AQM studentship.
- George Hales, the effect of Adverse Childhood Experiences on psychosocial outcomes. ESRC Pathways studentship.
- Satwika Rahapsari, the neurobiology of early life stress. Indonesian Ministry of Education studentship.
- Ayu Sari, the role of teachers in identifying mental health problems in Indonesian schools, Indonesian Ministry of Education studentship.
- Zeliha Saribaz, environmentally mediated effects on young people’s internalising problems. Turkish Education Office.
- Grants
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Key research funding
- Promoting Intelligent Speed Assistance to reduce UK Road Traffic Crashes. Road Safety Trust. £195,932. PI: Rowe. 2022-2024.
- A new resource for behavioural science - Developing tools for understanding the relationship between behaviours. Economic and Social Research Council. £441,000. PI: Webb. 2021-2022
- HAROLD: HAzards, ROad Lighting and Driving. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. £587,684. PI: Fotios (Sheffield), 2019-2022
- Identifying the mechanisms linking socioeconomic status and child antisocial behaviour. Nuffield Foundation. £127,555. PI: Rowe. 2016-2022.
- Teaching activities
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I am the Director of our MSc Psychological Research Methods courses.
I lecture in research methods for our Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, MSc in Psychological Research Methods and MSc in Occupational Psychology.
I am also the Module Organiser for PSY356 Criminal Psychology.
- Professional activities and memberships
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- ESRC Grant Assessment Panel D member.
- PhD Opportunities
I am happy to receive applications for PhD study in my area of research.
We advertise PhD opportunities (Funded or Self-Funded) on FindAPhD.com
For further information, please see the department PhD Opportunities page.